2024

Judas Priest - Invincible Shield	9
Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I [EP]	8

2023

Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars	8
Insomnium - Anno 1696	8
Enslaved - Heimdal	8
Ne Obliviscaris - Exul	8
Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite	8
Kamelot - The Awakening	8
Cannibal Corpse - Chaos Horrific	7

2022

Allegaeon - Damnum	8
Persefone - Metanoia	8
Origin - Chaosmos	7
Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvram	7

2021

First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle	9
Be'lakor - Coherence	9
Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined	8
Obscura - A Valediction	8
Insomnium - Argent Moon [EP]	8
Dream Theater - A View From The Top Of The World	8
Gojira - Fortitude	7
Helloween - Helloween	7
Iron Maiden - Senjutsu	7

2020

Unleash The Archers - Abyss	9
Dark Tranquillity - Moment	9
Katatonia - City Burials	8
Enslaved - Utgard	8
Ensiferum - Thalassic	8
John Petrucci - Terminal Velocity	7
Lamb Of God - Lamb Of God	6

2019

Dream Theater - Distance Over Time	9
Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave	9
Allegaeon - Apoptosis	8
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum	8
Nile - Vile Nilotic Rites	8
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Veleno	7
Rings Of Saturn - Gidim	7
Amon Amarth - Berserker	6
Tool - Fear Inoculum	6
DragonForce - Extreme Power Metal	6

2018

Judas Priest - Firepower	9
Amorphis - Queen Of Time	9
Powerwolf - The Sacrament Of Sin	8
Seventh Wonder - Tiara	8
Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light	8
Obscura - Diluvium	8
Revocation - The Outer Ones	8
Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name	8
Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest	7
Kamelot - The Shadow Theory	7

2017

Unleash The Archers - Apex	9
Ne Obliviscaris - Urn	9
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers	9
Persefone - Aathma	8
DragonForce - Reaching Into Infinity	8
Rings Of Saturn - Ultu Ulla	8
Enslaved - E	8
Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black	8
Origin - Unparalleled Universe	7
Wintersun - The Forest Seasons	7

2016

Insomnium - Winter's Gate	10
First Fragment - Dasein	9
Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience	9
Obscura - Akróasis	8
Fleshgod Apocalypse - King	8
Amon Amarth - Jomsviking	8
Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts	8
Be'lakor - Vessels	8
Epica - The Holographic Principle	8
Dark Tranquillity - Atoma	8
Opeth - Sorceress	8
Dream Theater - The Astonishing	7
Gojira - Magma	7
Fallujah - Dreamless	5

2015

Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud	9
Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls	8
Enslaved - In Times	8
Kamelot - Haven	8
Unleash The Archers - Time Stands Still	8
Lamb Of God - VII: Sturm Und Drang	8
Symphony X - Underworld	8
Nile - What Should Not Be Unearthed	8
Ensiferum - One Man Army	7
Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise Of The Chaos Wizards	7

2014

Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite	9
Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel	9
Behemoth - The Satanist	9
Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun	9
Opeth - Pale Communion	8
Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails	8
Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain	8
Equilibrium - Erdentempel	7
DragonForce - Maximum Overload	7
Rings Of Saturn - Lugal Ki En	7
Origin - Omnipresent	7
Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere	7

2013

Persefone - Spiritual Migration	9
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth	9
Skeletonwitch - Serpents Unleashed	8
Dream Theater - Dream Theater	8
Helloween - Straight Out Of Hell	7
Dark Tranquillity - Construct	7
Children Of Bodom - Halo Of Blood	7
Gloryhammer - Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife	7
Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods	7
Reciprocal - New Order Of The Ages	7

2012

Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I	9
Cannibal Corpse - Torture	9
Wintersun - Time I	9
Kamelot - Silverthorn	8
Rings Of Saturn - Dingir	8
Nile - At The Gate Of Sethu	8
Rush - Clockwork Angels	8
Allegaeon - Formshifter	8
Katatonia - Dead End Kings	8
Death - Vivus! [Live]	8
Enslaved - RIITIIR	8
DragonForce - The Power Within	8
Aeon - Aeons Black	7
Eluveitie - Helvetios	7
Lamb Of God - Resolution	7

2011

Obscura - Omnivium	9
Insomnium - One For Sorrow	9
Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth	9
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony	9
Suidakra - Book Of Dowth	8
Unleash The Archers - Demons Of The AstroWaste	8
Symphony X - Iconoclast	8
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events	8
Fallujah - The Harvest Wombs	8
Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination	8
Falconer - Armod	7
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising	7
Dragonland - Under The Grey Banner	7
Opeth - Heritage	7
Alestorm - Back Through Time	7
Origin - Entity	7
DevilDriver - Beast	6
Children Of Bodom - Relentless Reckless Forever	6

2010

Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini	9
Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy	8
Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit	8
Equilibrium - Rekreatur	8
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia [EP]	8
Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function	8
Eluveitie - Everything Remains (As It Never Was)	7
Helloween - 7 Sinners	7
Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void	7
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier	7
Aeon - Path Of Fire	7
Rings Of Saturn - Embryonic Anomaly	7
Solution .45 - For Aeons Past	7
Kamelot - Poetry For The Poisoned	6
Kataklysm - Heaven's Venom	6

2009

Obscura - Cosmogenesis	9
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles	8
Skeletonwitch - Breathing The Fire	8
Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague	8
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings	8
Insomnium - Across The Dark	8
Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest	8
Epica - Design Your Universe	8
Katatonia - Night Is The New Day	8
Persefone - Shin-Ken	7
Reciprocal - Reciprocal	7
Fairyland - Score To A New Beginning	7
Behemoth - Evangelion	7
Ensiferum - From Afar	7
Heavenly - Carpe Diem	7
Lamb Of God - Wrath	7
Unleash The Archers - Behold The Devastation	6
Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight	6
DevilDriver - Pray For Villains	6
Eluveitie - Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion	6
Sonata Arctica - The Days Of Grays	5

2008

Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God	9
Equilibrium - Sagas	9
Disturbed - Indestructible	8
Enslaved - Vertebrae	8
Eluveitie - Slania	8
Origin - Antithesis	8
DragonForce - Ultra Beatdown	8
Opeth - Watershed	8
Falconer - Among Beggars And Thieves	7
Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus	7
Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh	7
Hate Eternal - Fury & Flames	7
Korpiklaani - Korven Kuningas	7
Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns	7
Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge	6
Kataklysm - Prevail	6
Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk	6
In Flames - A Sense Of Purpose	4

2007

Symphony X - Paradise Lost	9
Skeletonwitch - Beyond The Permafrost	9
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal	9
Behemoth - The Apostasy	9
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy	8
Circus Maximus - Isolate	8
Dark Tranquillity - Fiction	8
Inferi - Divinity In War	8
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos	8
Ensiferum - Victory Songs	8
Helloween - Gambling With The Devil	7
Nile - Ithyphallic	7
Kamelot - Ghost Opera	7
Rush - Snakes & Arrows	7
Sonata Arctica - Unia	7
Korpiklaani - Tervaskanto	7
DevilDriver - The Last Kind Words	6

2006

Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance	9
Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side	9
Dragonland - Astronomy	9
Deicide - The Stench Of Redemption	9
Insomnium - Above The Weeping World	9
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain	9
Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies	8
Angra - Aurora Consurgens	8
Crystal Eyes - Dead City Dreaming	8
Enslaved - Ruun	8
Eluveitie - Spirit	8
DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage	8
Lamb Of God - Sacrament	8
Sonata Arctica - For The Sake Of Revenge [Live]	8
Falconer - Northwind	8
Tool - 10,000 Days	7
Mercenary - The Hours That Remain	7
Obscura - Retribution	7
Cannibal Corpse - Kill	7
Edguy - Rocket Ride	7
HammerFall - Threshold	7
Persefone - Core	7
Ensiferum - Dragonheads [EP]	7
Korpiklaani - Tales Along This Road	7
Abigail Williams - Legend [EP]	7
In Flames - Come Clarity	7
Heavenly - Virus	7
Dream Evil - United	6
Slayer - Christ Illusion	6

2005

Opeth - Ghost Reveries	9
Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked	9
Dream Theater - Octavarium	9
Kamelot - The Black Halo	9
Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr	9
Dark Tranquillity - Character	9
Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?	8
John Petrucci - Suspended Animation	8
Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter	8
Demons & Wizards - Touched By The Crimson King	8
The Black Dahlia Murder - Miasma	8
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor	8
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius	7
DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand	7
HammerFall - Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken	7
Origin - Echoes Of Decimation	7
Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists	7

2004

Wintersun - Wintersun	9
Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night	9
Ensiferum - Iron	9
Quo Vadis - Defiant Imagination	9
Angra - Temple Of Shadows	9
Behemoth - Demigod	9
Enslaved - Isa	9
DragonForce - Sonic Firestorm	8
Necrophagist - Epitaph	8
Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake	8
Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn	8
Edguy - Hellfire Club	8
Insomnium - Since The Day It All Came Down	7
Persefone - Truth Inside The Shades	7
Mercenary - 11 Dreams	7
Dream Evil - The Book Of Heavy Metal	7
Dio - Master Of The Moon	7
Skeletonwitch - At One With The Shadows	7
Dragonland - Starfall	7
Heavenly - Dust To Dust	7
Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns	7
Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache	7
God Forbid - Gone Forever	6
In Flames - Soundtrack To Your Escape	6

2003

Dream Theater - Train Of Thought	10
The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed	9
Kamelot - Epica	9
Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death	8
Opeth - Damnation	8
DragonForce - Valley Of The Damned	8
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness	8
Enslaved - Below The Lights	8
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild	8
Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll	8
Lamb Of God - As The Palaces Burn	7
DevilDriver - Devildriver	7
Stratovarius - Elements Part I	7

2002

Opeth - Deliverance	9
Agalloch - The Mantle	9
Symphony X - The Odyssey	9
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done	9
Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus (Here And Beyond)	9
Insomnium - In The Halls Of Awaiting	9
Decapitated - Nihility	8
Origin - Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas	8
Amon Amarth - Versus The World	8
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence	8
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines	8
Hate Eternal - King Of All Kings	7
Rush - Vapor Trails	7
In Flames - Reroute To Remain	7
Cannibal Corpse - Gore Obsessed	7
Falconer - Chapters From A Vale Forlorn	7
Disturbed - Believe	6
Killswitch Engage - Alive Or Just Breathing	6

2001

Ensiferum - Ensiferum	10
Opeth - Blackwater Park	10
Angra - Rebirth	9
Falconer - Falconer	9
Kamelot - Karma	9
Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down	8
Amon Amarth - The Crusher	8
Sonata Arctica - Silence	8
Edguy - Mandrake	8
Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise	7
Tool - Lateralus	7
Enslaved - Monumension	7
Slayer - God Hates Us All	6

2000

Decapitated - Winds Of Creation	9
Quo Vadis - Day Into Night	9
Immolation - Close To A World Below	9
Helloween - The Dark Ride	9
Iron Maiden - Brave New World	8
Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World	8
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite	8
Dark Tranquillity - Haven	8
Enslaved - Mardraum - Beyond The Within	8
In Flames - Clayman	8
Behemoth - Thelema.6	8
Nile - Black Seeds Of Vengeance	8
Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper	8
Disturbed - The Sickness	7
Origin - Origin	7
Lamb Of God - New American Gospel	7
Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage	6

1999

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory	10
Necrophagist - Onset Of Putrefaction	9
In Flames - Colony	9
Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence	9
Kamelot - The Fourth Legacy	9
Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder	9
Opeth - Still Life	9
Agalloch - Pale Folklore	8
Emperor - IX Equilibrium	8
Dark Tranquillity - Projector	8
Behemoth - Satanica	8
Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica	8
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black	7
Demons & Wizards - Demons & Wizards	7
Katatonia - Tonight's Decision	7
Amon Amarth - The Avenger	7
Edguy - Theater Of Salvation	7
Burn The Priest - Burn The Priest	7

1998

Death - The Sound Of Perseverance	10
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse	9
Symphony X - Twilight In Olympus	8
Enslaved - Blodhemn	8
Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka	8
Katatonia - Discouraged Ones	7
Behemoth - Pandemonic Incantations	7
Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall	7
HammerFall - Legacy Of Kings	7
Iron Maiden - Virtual XI	7
Kamelot - Siége Perilous	5

1997

Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk	9
In Flames - Whoracle	9
Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy	8
Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's I	8
Enslaved - Eld	8
Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon	8
Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity	7
Children Of Bodom - Something Wild	7
Metallica - Re-Load	7
Kamelot - Dominion	5

1996

Opeth - Morningrise	10
In Flames - The Jester Race	9
Quo Vadis - Forever	9
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day	8
Angra - Holy Land	8
Behemoth - Grom	7
Tool - Ænima	7
Rush - Test For Echo	7
Metallica - Load	7

1995

Death - Symbolic	10
At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul	9
Opeth - Orchid	9
Deicide - Once Upon The Cross	9
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery	8
Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons [EP]	8
In Flames - Subterranean [EP]	7
Iron Maiden - The X Factor	7
Symphony X - The Damnation Game	6
Kamelot - Eternity	5

1994

Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse	9
Enslaved - Frost	8
Dream Theater - Awake	8
In Flames - Lunar Strain	7
Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi	7
Symphony X - Symphony X	6

1993

Death - Individual Thought Patterns	9
Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls	8
Angra - Angels Cry	8
Rush - Counterparts	8
Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer	7

1992

Dream Theater - Images And Words	10
Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated	9
Deicide - Legion	9
Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark	8
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction	7

1991

Death - Human	10
Rush - Roll The Bones	8
Metallica - Metallica	7

1990

Judas Priest - Painkiller	10
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss	8
Death - Spiritual Healing	8
Megadeth - Rust In Peace	8
Deicide - Deicide	8
Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying	7

1989

Rush - Presto	8
Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite	7

1988

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son	10
Death - Leprosy	9
Slayer - South Of Heaven	8
Metallica - ...And Justice For All	8
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II	8
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime	7

1987

Rush - Hold Your Fire	8
Death - Scream Bloody Gore	8
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I	8
Dio - Dream Evil	7

1986

Metallica - Master Of Puppets	10
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time	9
Slayer - Reign In Blood	9
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?	8

1985

Rush - Power Windows	8
Slayer - Hell Awaits	8

1984

Iron Maiden - Powerslave	10
Metallica - Ride The Lightning	10
Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith	9
Rush - Grace Under Pressure	8
Dio - The Last In Line	8

1983

Metallica - Kill 'Em All	10
Dio - Holy Diver	9
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind	9

1982

Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast	10
Rush - Signals	8
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance	8

1981

Rush - Moving Pictures	10
Iron Maiden - Killers	9
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules	8

1980

Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell	9
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden	9
Rush - Permanent Waves	9
Judas Priest - British Steel	8

1978

Rush - Hemispheres	10
Judas Priest - Stained Class	8
Judas Priest - Killing Machine (Hell Bent For Leather)	8
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses	7
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll	7

1977

Rush - A Farewell To Kings	9
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood	8
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin	8

1976

Rush - 2112	10
Rainbow - Rising	10
Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny	9

1975

Black Sabbath - Sabotage	9
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti	9
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow	9
Rush - Fly By Night	8
Rush - Caress Of Steel	8

1974

Rush - Rush

8

1973

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath	8
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy	7

1972

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick	10
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4	8

1971

Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality	10
Jethro Tull - Aqualung	9
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV	8

1970

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath	10
Black Sabbath - Paranoid	10
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III	8

1969

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin	8
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II	8